StevePark

Twitter post from LL with no excuses from him:

That was for last night at Peterborough, unless they've agreed to do tonight as well (it was Jonas B Andersen last night).

Lakeside vs Edinburgh. The other meeting tonight is Berwick vs Sheffield.

Teams as announced on the Diamonds Website: Newcastle: Lindgren (c), Stuart Robson - rider replacement or guest, Manzares (guest for Rose), Wethers, Aarnio, Wilkinson, Morris Berwick: Aaron Summers, Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen - Rider replacement, Dany Gappmaier, David Howe, Kevin Doolan (captain), John Lindman, Jye Etheridge, number 8 to be confirmed. Doubt Manzares will be guest as he's been injured at Scunthorpe tonight. So much for the team "for the future of the Diamonds." !!

Might be a change to the Newcastle line-up, as Manzares has been taken to hospital after a crash at Scunthorpe tonight. I don't envy GE's task of finding a suitable replacement.

Teams: Panthers: Nicholls, Grondal, Lunna, Palm Toft, Ostergaard, Lambert and Bacon Diamonds: Lindgren, Manzares (G), Jonas B Andersen (G), Wethers, R/R for Aarnio, Wilkinson and Morris. P/boro website preview here: http://www.peterboroughpanthers.co/news.php?extend.3366

Are we actually signing rider(s), or just having a look at one (or two)?

He scored 15+2 from the number 5 position for Newcastle there last week, so don't know how that makes you weaker? !!

No negotiations necessary really. It's a challenge match, so we could use seven guests if we want (providing Berwick agreed). The only thing would be is when the team has to be declared, even then changes could be made (again with Berwick's agreement).

That's if the sport is still going then!

We won there last year, so anything is possible!!

Team managers are Stevie Worrall (Scorpions) and Roy Clarke (Diamonds). One of the guests for the Diamonds is David Howe.

Yes it is.

Guest or R/R, I believe

Robert Lambert has just Tweeted this:

Not sure of fixtures, but Richie could be in Poland today.

Why start a second thread to the one I started yesterday??

They thought they had. The rider concerned then decided he didn't want to ride in the SGB Championship after all.

Averages for May now: Ludvig 6.89. Robbo 6.65. Lewis 6.47. Matty 5.65. Tero 5.05. Ash 4.93. Wilko 4.88 (Ttl 40.52). Full Greensheets: http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/c18_issue_4.pdf

Teams: Newcastle: Ludvig Lindgren (captain), Tero Aarnio, Kevin Doolan (guest), Matthew Wethers, Paul Starke (guest), Carl Wilkinson, Ashley Morris Ipswich: Ben Barker (guest), Nico Covatti - Rider replacement, Cameron Heeps, Josh Pickering (guest), Rory Schlein, Connor Mountain, Danyon Hume Taken from: http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=100872

They all seem to be 5.2

10 out of the 11 Championship teams are riding tonight, Newcastle being the only ones not in action. So not much choice for a guest for Rene B, especially when two of the top three in the Diamonds averages are injured/taking a break from the sport.

George said on Tuesday (interview with Roy Clarke for the Speedway Portal), they thought they had found someone to come in, but, whoever it was, decided they "didn't want to ride in the Championship," so we "may have to look at a foreign rider."

Silly thing to say, if I may say so. His bikes in Sweden will be tuned to suit Swedish tracks and his UK bikes tuned to suit the UK tracks. The hidden agenda from yourself to suggest he keeps his 'best bikes' (not that there is such a thing) in Sweden, is, to be honest, quite appalling, in my opinion.

He had a spare bike. He used it. It conked out too.